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单词 ruffler
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rufflern.1

Brit. /ˈrʌflə/, U.S. /ˈrəf(ə)lər/
Forms: see ruffle v.2 and -er suffix1; also 1500s ruffleer.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ruffle v.2, -er suffix1.
Etymology: < ruffle v.2 + -er suffix1. Compare later raffler n.2 and discussion at that entry.In form ruffleer after formations in -eer suffix1.
1. Esp. in the 16th and 17th centuries: a member of a class of vagabonds and rogues said to operate in the guise of maimed soldiers and sailors; a vagabond, a beggar; (also) a con man. In later use historical or regional (Australian).
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society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [noun] > without fixed aim or wandering > vagrancy or vagabondage > vagabond or tramp
harlot?c1225
raikera1400
vacabond1404
vagrant1444
gangrela1450
briber?c1475
palliard1484
vagabondc1485
rogue1489
wavenger1493
hermit1495
gaberlunzie1508
knight of the field1508
loiterer1530
straggler1530
runagate1534
ruffler1535
hedge-creeper1548
Abraham man1567
cursitor1567
runner1567
walker1567
tinker1575
traveller1598
Tartar1602
stravagant1606
wagand1614
Circumcellion1623
meechera1625
hedge-bird1631
gaberlunzie man1649
tramp1664
stroller1681
jockey1685
bird of passage1717
randy1724
tramper1760
stalko1804
vagabondager1813
rintherout1814
piker1838
pikey1838
beachcomber1840
roadster1851
vagabondizer1860
roustabout1862
bum1864
migratory1866
potter1867
sundowner1868
vag1868
walkabout1872
transient1877
Murrumbidgee whaler1878
rouster1882
run-the-hedge1882
whaler1883
shaughraun1884
heather-cat1886
hobo1889
tussocker1889
gay cat1893
overlander1898
stake-man1899
stiff1899
bindle-stiff1900
dingbat1902
stew-bum1902
tired Tim (also Timothy)1906
skipper1925
Strandlooper1927
knight of the road1928
hobohemian1936
plain turkey1955
scrub turkey1955
derro1963
jakey1988
crusty1990
1535 Act 27 Hen. VIII c. 25 Idell..persons, ruffelers, callynge them selues saruing men.
?1536 R. Copland Hye Way to Spyttell Hous sig. Dj Rufflers, and masterles men, that cannot Werke And slepeth by day, and Walketh in the derke.
1575 J. Awdely Fraternitye of Vacabondes (new ed.) sig. A2 A Ruffeler goeth wyth a weapon to seeke seruice, saying he hath bene a Seruitor in the wars, and beggeth for his reliefe.
1608 T. Dekker Belman of London (new ed.) sig. D The Ruffler and the Vp-right-man are so like in conditions, that you would sweare them Brothers: they walke with cudgels alike.
1673 R. Head Canting Acad. 65 A Ruffler..goes under the pretence of a maimed Soldier.
1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue Rufflers, the first rank of canters, also notorious rogues, pretending to be maimed soldiers or sailors.
1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian xiii, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. II. 315 A..fellow that has been but a twelvemonth on the lay, be he ruffler or padder.
1892 W. Besant London vi. 318 The ‘prigger of prancers’, a horse thief; the ruffler, the swigman and prigman, are also gone, but their descendants remain with us.
1927 J. Buchan Witch Wood xi. 191 Your Reiverslaw is notoriously a wine-bibber and a ruffler and a despiser of ordinances.
1994 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 26 Aug. 2 The late-night taverns..spit out the riff-raff..to pollute the gutters and gardens of the district: crafty rufflers,..sneering rude-boys, [etc.].
2000 Sydney Morning Herald 31 May 24/6 There was no shortage of devious graspers, shifty coves and rufflers ready to employ bravado, bull and bullying.
2. An arrogant, swaggering man; a braggart. Now rare.
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the mind > emotion > pride > arrogance > [noun] > person
surquidour1393
arrogant1489
ruffler1536
swingebreech1581
insolenta1616
Junker1849
the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > [noun] > ostentatious person
peacocka1425
ruffler1536
struttera1591
flaunter1598
glisterer1628
tulip1647
parader1747
swasher1821
swash1824
dazzler1839
rooster1840
show-off1841
swankera1846
Vanity-Fairian1847
grandstander1896
spotlighter1907
swank1913
swankpot1914
showboat1932
showboater1941
pavisander1950
1536 R. Morison Remedy for Sedition 14 The mayster gyuen to ryot, the servant must nedes thynke, that there is no thriuing for him, excepte he shewe himselfe a ruffler.
1593 G. Harvey Pierces Supererogation 71 In the whole a notable ruffler, and in euery part a dowty braggard.
1631 in S. R. Gardiner Rep. Cases Star Chamber & High Comm. (1886) 186 He was commanded in all his visitation to make knowen to all ministers that they bee more carefull in their habits not to goe like rufflers.
1649 J. Milton Εικονοκλαστης iv. 36 The Parlament..demanded Justice for those assaults..don at his own dores, by that crew of Rufflers.
1821 W. Scott Kenilworth I. i. 28 Is he, too, such a would-be ruffler as the rest of them?
1881 W. Besant & J. Rice Chaplain of Fleet I. x. 226 There came in an old ruffler of fifty, who..lugged out his purse.
1932 T. E. Lawrence tr. Homer Odyssey xv Their lackeys are..young rufflers in gay cloaks and robes, sleek-headed and blooming-cheeked.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

rufflern.2

Brit. /ˈrʌflə/, U.S. /ˈrəf(ə)lər/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ruffle v.1, -er suffix1.
Etymology: < ruffle v.1 + -er suffix1.
An attachment for a sewing machine, used for making ruffles.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > sewing or ornamenting textile fabric > [noun] > sewing > equipment for > sewing-machine > parts of or attachments for
presser bar1813
flat bed1819
shuttle1847
foot1854
looper1857
take-up1859
work holder1859
feller1860
shuttle-carrier1860
binder1865
braider1866
ruffler1868
presser foot1875
shuttle-windera1877
tension-device1877
thread-cutter1877
thread-oiler1877
tuck-creaser1877
tucking-gauge1877
tuck-marker1877
thread-guide1924
zipper foot1938
free arm1948
balance-wheel1961
tuck-folder-
1868 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Patents 1867 II. 1257 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (40th Congr., 2nd Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc. 96) X Ruffler for Sewing Machine... The feed bar feeds the lower cloth faster than the other is fed, so as to form gathers.
1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 1999/2 In the Johnston ruffler, a sliding-plate is secured to the bed-plate of the machine [etc.].
1908 Sears, Roebuck Catal. No. 117. 41/1 The set of attachments..consists of one ruffler, one shirring plate, one tucker.
1991 Sunday Mail (S. Austral.) (Nexis) 6 Oct. (advt.) Ruffler to fit Singer sewing machine (high shank).
2000 PR Newswire (Nexis) 23 Feb. A Ruffler attachment will automatically create evenly pleated ruffles for pillows or edgings on chair covers.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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